Xavier Veilhan. Architectones Barcelona Pavilion

Xavier Veilhan (1963) is an internationally acclaimed artist based in Paris, France. Since the end of the eighties Veilhan has developed his work in various formats including sculpture, painting, performance, video or photography. His work is inspired by the vocabulary of classical art and is marked by a modernist legacy, besides having in mind the contemporary use of high technology. Xavier Veilhan defines art as “a tool for the vision to be examined through the understanding of our past, present and future.” His exhibitions and in situ installations for public spaces, gardens or houses question our perception, creating a traveling space where the audience interacts, evolves and becomes an active player (Veilhan at Hatfield: Promenade, 2012; Architectones series, 2012-2014). His recent work includes the sculpture Jean-Marc (2012) permanently installed in the center of New York and the performance Systema Occam (2013) in Paris, Marseille and New York. In 2014 he will open a number of solo exhibitions in Seoul, Moscow and Sao Paulo, and will make various interventions and projects in Sweden and South Korea.

Since 2012 Xavier Veilhan has developed the project Architectones, a number of exhibitions in some of the most iconic buildings of modern architecture in the last century. After three projects in Los Angeles (VDL House by Richard Neutra, CSH #21 by Pierre Koenig and Sheats-Goldstein Residence by John Lautner), two exhibitions in France (Unité d’habitation – MAMO by Le Corbusier and
the Church Sainte Bernadette du Banlay by Claude Parent and Paul Virilio) and a performance in Moscow (Melnikov House by Konstantin Melnikov), the French artist has selected the German pavilion designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1929 and located in Barcelona for the seventh and final exhibition of the series.